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UN Sounds Alarm on South African Xenophobia as Pretoria Bills Neighbors for Deportations

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa  

The United Nations' top anti-racism body issued an urgent warning this week accusing South African authorities of failing to stop a wave of xenophobic killings, displacements and vigilante violence against migrants that has swept the country since early 2026…
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Sudan's Burhan Pushes a National Dialogue as War Enters Its Fourth Year — and the Opposition Calls It a Bid for Legitimacy

Khartoum/Addis Ababa 

As Sudan's civil war grinds toward the end of its fourth year, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is pressing forward with a proposal for an all-inclusive national dialogue inside the country — an offer his own political opponents met last week not with cautious engagement but with…
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Norway's King Harald V Dies at 89, Ending a 35-Year Reign That Modernized a Monarchy Born of Nazi Exile

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King Harald V, Europe's oldest reigning monarch and the man who steered Norway through three and a half decades of national tragedy, oil-fueled prosperity, and family scandal, died early Friday morning at Rikshospitalet in Oslo. The Royal Palace confirmed he passed away at 6:35 a.m. local time at the age of 89…
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Liberia's Anti-Drug Crackdown Ignites Political Firestorm as Boakai Defends Ex-VP's Arrest

Monrovia, Liberia 

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai used a nationally televised address this week to defend his government's escalating campaign against drug trafficking and organized crime, insisting the effort would proceed "without fear or favor" even as it has ensnared one of Liberia's most prominent…
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Zambia's Opposition Leader Held on Treason Charges as Post-Election Crisis Deepens

Lusaka, Zambia 

Zambia's main opposition leader, Brian Mundubile, surrendered to police on August 27 and was taken into custody on suspicion of treason, capping two weeks in which he sheltered inside a United Nations building in Lusaka after security forces raided his home the day after a disputed…
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Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacial Flood Devastates Nepal-Tibet Border, Testing Cross-Border Rescue Cooperation

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A catastrophic flash flood triggered by a high-altitude glacial collapse tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region this week, killing hundreds of people and leaving nearly 1,500 unaccounted for in one of the deadliest cross-border disasters to hit the Himalayas in years. The flood struck early Wednesday,…